Saturday, February 9, 2013

Boom-shaka-laka will always be special word for me.

So here is part of an email that I sent to our Catalyst folks... It does a pretty good job of explaining the significance of the word "Boomshakalaka" for us...

Last Sunday we began communicating the
reasons we need to make the transition to double services and what
it would mean for us. In the weeks leading up to this I shared with
a few pastor friends that I was nervous that as a church with so many
people in their 20s and 30s we wouldn't be able to get enough folks
to commit to the first service each week. I had been prepared to
begin targeting families if we didn't get enough commitments.

During my little speech I made the
comment that if you and your family were willing to attend the first
service (9:30ish) to write the word “Boom-sha-ka-la-ka” on
the 2 Service Question Card we had placed in your Beaker Mini (what we call our bulletin).

I moved on, preached a sermon, woke and
slept a few times until Wednesday morning staff meeting rolled
around. Pam Moriarty handed me the cards with all the questions and
said something like, “a lot of the cards say Boom-something or
another.”

I respond, “Oh really, how many of
the cards say Boom-sha-ka-la-ka?

I was stunned as Pam removed a rubber
band as she handed me the cards and casually said, “Pretty much all
of them.”

In my mind I was thinking, “Pretty
much all of them? What the heck does she mean pretty much all of
them? Pam needs some coffee this morning”

I must confess to
you that there had never been a scenario playing in my head that
answered the question of what we would do if essentially the entire
church was willing to give up their spot in the second service to
make room for new guests. That scenario had never played in my head
because stuff like this doesn't happen in normal churches, but when
was the last time we were accused of being normal?

In all seriousness, Catalyst... You
blow me away! You humble me! You remind me how fortunate I am to lead
you in ministry and share life with you!

I must make one more confession,
Boom-sha-ka-la-ka is currently my favorite word. When I hear
it, write it, or speak it I am reminded of your willingness to be
inconvenienced for the sake of reaching others with the message of
Christ. My biggest fear in this whole two service process was
eliminated as many of you wrote this crazy word for the first time in
your life.

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